Chapter Ninety-Five: Xie Yuanlang's Determination

After breakfast, Qing'er and the Yao brothers were together. Sprinkle the courtyard again, and place an incense case in the courtyard. Make some preparations for the Grace that will arrive today. Xiaoxiao saw that it was still early, and he was worried that he hadn't been to the farm for a few days, and he wanted to go and see it. was persuaded by Jiang Zhixuan:

"With two cousins watching, what are you worried about? It would be disrespectful to miss His Majesty's decree. If you are in a hurry, when you finish issuing the decree, you will accompany you for your husband! ”

Xiaoxiao pressed it down, and was in the living room with her husband, accompanying Uncle Jiang and Aunt Jiang to eat melon seeds and wait for the holy decree. It didn't take long for Li Siye to rush to Jiangfu with a thousand cow guards. Seeing that the eunuch had not yet arrived, he had to sit in the courtyard and wait.

It was not until the three poles of the sun that the eunuch who rode a big white horse and held the holy decree in both hands was late. Jiang Zhixuan personally welcomed the eunuch into the door, and led everyone in the Jiang Mansion to kneel down behind the incense case. A thousand Niu Wei all stood behind the eunuch who passed the decree, and this situation made Xiao Xin mutter: So many majestic guards came to deliver the edict together, and those who didn't know thought that this was going to raid the family and exterminate the clan......

When the eunuch saw that the Jiang family had even prepared the incense case, he was greatly appreciative. At that moment, he tore open the holy decree and cleared his throat. Read it out loud:

"There is Jiang Zhixuan, the son of Huayin County, and his wife Xiao, who have a heart for the society and have meritorious service for the country. Tianxin was very relieved, and the small farm of Xiao's love was renamed the Royal Farm, with ten acres of land. Another hundred taels of gold and a hundred horses of brocade are given to you for encouragement! Chin this! ”

After everyone shouted three times to thank him, he stood up. There were thousands of cow guards who carried the rewards on the carriage and put them in the courtyard. The eunuch handed over the holy decree with both hands, Jiang Zhixuan respectfully accepted it, and presented a heavy red cloth bag at the right time. This is not a bribe, but just a reward, which can be regarded as a red envelope.

The eunuch of the decree was full of smiles, and after pretending to excuse himself, he happily took it, and then said to Jiang Zhixuan:

"Duke Xie Yuan, Your Majesty's personal reward for Mrs. Xie Yuan's > will be handed over to Mrs. Zun by yourself, >right?" Fewer words"

Jiang Zhixuan waved his hand: "Respect your life!" ”。 Then he turned his head to face Xiaoxiao, took out a pair of exquisite jade ruyi from his arms, and handed them to Xiaoxiao together with the holy decree: "Madam" >, this is a jade ruyi rewarded by His Majesty, although it is a private gift, but in any case, this is a holy thing, you can keep it alive! ”

Xiao Xiao looked at the pair of crystal clear, exquisitely carved jade Ruyi. I took it with joy and couldn't put it down. I thought to myself: Well, it seems that the child has to have two children. One person wears one......

After the decree was issued, the eunuch took a thousand Niu Wei to return to Beijing to resume his life. Li Siye also set off to say goodbye, the military situation on the border of Liangzhou was urgent, and he needed to go to his post as soon as possible. Xiaoxiao wanted to keep him for lunch before setting off, but Li Siye was eager to kill the enemy and made meritorious contributions, and insisted on leaving immediately. Seeing that he was very resolute, Xiaoxiao was no longer reluctant and asked him to wait. And when he returned to his room, he took out twenty taels of silver, and gave them to him:

"Inheritance, madam" Although > is a woman, she also knows that the men in the army are bold and good at drinking. If you go to the army alone, you will be more generous and make more friends with your superiors and subordinates. In this way, you can get acquainted with the affairs of the army as soon as possible, and these silver taels will be regarded as Mrs. "> and master have practiced for you!" ”

Li Siye resolutely refused: "Madam" >, master, if it weren't for your acceptance and recommendation, I wouldn't know where to work hard at this time, let alone think that I could become a general. If I ask for your money again, how will you let me raise my head and be a man in the future? ”

Xiao Xiao deliberately put his face on the board. Shoved the silver into his hand, raised his voice and said, "Anyone who has worked for the Jiang family's farm is my Jiang Mansion's family. If you take money from your house, why can't you raise your head and be a man? ”。

Li Siye was about to open his mouth to refute, but he saw the Yao brothers come forward and punch him twice on the chest, one left and one right, Yao Shan said in a deep voice:

"Brother, above the battle array, the sword has no eyes, take it easy! If you have time to spare, or if you are triumphant, remember to come back and have a drink with our brothers! ”。

Although the Yao brothers are not as tall as Li Siye, their martial arts are extraordinary, and they cooperate very tacitly, and the most important thing is that both brothers have a ruthlessness that is not afraid of death. When they were working on Ai Xiao Farm, they had nothing to do, and the three of them often talked to each other. As the saying goes, if you don't fight, you don't know each other, and the three of them have formed a deep friendship in the competition.

Li Siye heard what the Yao brothers said, nodded heavily and agreed: "Zhong, please lord, madam" >, and all the brothers and sisters, "> rest assured, as soon as I have time, I will come back to visit you!" ”。

Jiang Zhixuan also came out: "Heiye, go." Don't live up to Your Majesty's trust, and kill the enemy for the country! At the same time, you should also pay attention to your own safety! ”

Li Siye clenched his fists: "I wrote it down, please master." Madame: ">, and you all take care, I take my leave!" After speaking, he stepped on the war horse and galloped away!

After Li Siye left, Uncle Jiang also had to leave to leave. Xiao Xiao couldn't keep it, so he opened the box containing the imperial gifts, and saw that there were twenty golden ingots in it, so he took out half of it, wrapped it in cloth, and handed it to Uncle Jiang:

"Uncle, these fifty taels of gold should be used as a nephew to return the principal of the farm in advance! As for the dividends on the farm, they are still calculated according to the contract made by the nephew and uncle before, as usual! Luckily? ”

Unexpectedly, Uncle Jiang waved his hand again and again: "Little, Uncle is old, and he doesn't have to worry about eating and drinking." The gold and silver are of little use at home, so it is better to leave them to you to call and let them have more children!" So, keep the gold. The principal of the farm, when the uncle needs it, he will ask you to take it, and he will not be polite. ”

Jiang Zhixuan naturally knew why the uncle said this. There is a big reason for that, it is that they hope that the couple can revitalize the Jiang family. Speak out to the whisper at the moment:

"Madam" >, since the uncle said so, you will take the gold first. Didn't Your Majesty reward you with ten acres of land? Just take this gold and silver, and take care of these ten hectares of land. ”

Xiaoxiao heard her husband and uncle say this, and she no longer insisted, and instructed Qing'er to carry the box to the bedroom on the second floor. He and his husband sent the uncle and his wife to the door, Yao Shan consciously put the ox cart over, supported Uncle Jiang and the aunt to sit down, and then drove the ox cart and slowly sent them back.

Wait until everyone is gone. Xiaoxiao returned to the living room, and then breathed a long sigh of relief: "I'm so tired!" ”。 Since the beginning of last month, she has not had any leisure. First he designed and supervised the construction of a new house, and then the supply agreement for the farm and the three major restaurants in the county began. When I was busy, I received a letter from my husband that he was about to return. Therefore, after the first batch of goods was delivered, Xiaoxiao was busy sorting out and decorating the new house.

Finally, I looked forward to my husband's return, but I personally arranged a banquet for dozens of people, although I was very happy in my heart, but my body was really tired enough. What's even more infuriating is that the damn geranium came unexpectedly last night. That said, the first day or two was the hardest......

Jiang Zhixuan returned to the main hall and saw his beloved wife looking tired, so he asked with concern:

"Xiaoxiao, what's wrong with you?"

Xiao Xiao smiled reluctantly: "It's okay, I just feel a little tired, husband, I want to go and rest, let's go to the farm in the afternoon." You should go to the study and read a book first, okay? ”

Jiang Zhixuan naturally did not object, got up and supported her arms and waist, and slowly went upstairs. When I passed by Li Qin's guest room on the second floor, I only heard the earth-shattering snoring sound from inside. It turned out that after Li Qin finished breakfast, he ran back to the upstairs room to make up for sleep......

Lying down on the bed, he was a little unable to close his eyes. Playing with the pair of imperial jade ruyi in his hand, he opened the holy decree and read it again, and his mind became excited. This reward can be regarded as an extremely heavy reward for the Jiang family.

Let's talk about the ten hectares of land first, and now Ai Xiao's farm covers only four hectares, so it has such a high output. If all these ten hectares of land are expanded into breeding farms, how many chickens, ducks, fish and meat will be produced each year? But think about it. Xiaoxiao also rejected the idea of expanding all into farms. Now the scale of Ai Xiao's farm is a little tight in terms of feed supply. If the scale is expanded, I am afraid that it will be necessary to feed the livestock with refined grain, and if so, will it not be a loss?

So, a small plan, these ten hectares of land. It does not need to be fully expanded into a farm, and at most one or two hectares of it will be occupied. The rest of the land is leased to surrounding farmers for farming. A symbolic amount of rent is collected every year to maintain the needs of the farm.

As for the one hundred taels of gold, that's a lot of money. At this time, gold was not used for circulation in the market. It must be exchanged for silver or copper coins at a banker or similar merchant. This hundred taels of gold can be exchanged for one thousand taels of silver. According to the price of this Zhenguan in the early years, if 1,000 taels of silver, if all of them were used for the construction of the farm, it would be enough to make the Ai Xiao Farm, oh no, now the royal farm has been remodeled and given a new look!

Thinking of this royal farm, Xiao Xiao remembered that this new house had not yet been inscribed, so he called out on the bed:

"Husband! Husband! ”

Jiang Zhixuan was reading in the study, but Li Qin's snoring next door was like thunder, how could he watch it? This is also something that Xiaoxiao never thought of when she designed this study, because the guest room next door was originally planned to be reserved for her stepfather and mother......

Jiang Zhixuan heard the call of his beloved wife, hurriedly dropped the poetry book in his hand that he couldn't read, came to the edge of the bed through the door curtain, and asked softly:

"What's wrong, Tiny? What's the matter? ”

Xiao Xiao half lay on the bed, and said softly: "Husband, our house has not been named, if you have leisure at this time, you will mention the word and ask Qing'er to ask a craftsman to carve it on the archway, and hang it up?" ”

Jiang Zhixuan has really not paid attention to the plaque at the door since he came back yesterday, not to mention that the plaque is this newly completed house, and he has never looked at it well. Wen Yan nodded and replied:

"Madam"> you are so resting, go to the inscription for your husband! ”

Unexpectedly, Xiaoxiao stopped him again: "Also, about the emperor's renaming of our Ai Xiao Farm to 'Royal Farm', the husband thinks, should the existing plaque be replaced?" ”

Jiang Zhixuan groaned for a while, and said lightly: "According to the husband, it is better to replace it." With the plaque of the Royal Farm, no one in the world dares to fight the idea of the farm. In this way, even if the husband returns to the palace, his heart will be much more stable! ”

Xiao Xiao nodded, she originally thought in her heart that if she hung the plaque of 'Royal Farm', of course, no one would dare to come to trouble again, but I am afraid that those restaurants that cooperate with Ai Xiao Farm will feel endless pressure! At this time, when I heard my husband say this, I had to let go of the original thoughts in my heart and said with a smile:

"Since my husband said so, then in the afternoon, let's go to the farm and change the plaque given by the emperor!"

Jiang Zhixuan saw that she had nothing to say, so he turned back to the study, wrote for Jiang Fu, and used his own personal seal. Then he ran downstairs and asked Qing'er to invite the carving craftsman to come, and carve the plaque of the mansion for Jiangfu according to the words he mentioned......

After lunch, Xiao Xiao rested for a long time and finally recovered some of his spirits. I accompanied my husband to the farm to change the plaque and inspect the work by the way.

After half a year, Jiang Zhixuan returned to the farm again, and he felt like a world away. It is said that the last impression of the farm in his mind is the green bamboo coiled in a ball and spitting core......

The love farm in front of me is not what it was at all. After entering the gate, there is a row of clean and comfortable workers' dormitories on the left, and the courtyard outside the dormitory is paved with bluestone slabs, which is not much different from the Jiang family's current house. Outside the courtyard dam is the fish pond that has expanded nearly 60 acres. To the right of the gate is the post pavilion of the security personnel. Further down the bluestone path, on the right is a plastered pigpen backed by a sturdy stone fence. Outside the wall, there is the official road leading to the county seat.

Straight along the bluestone path leading to the gate, there is a chicken farm that can continue to fund Ai Xiao Farm. The same is the fence that is whitened with lime, and I have a little thought, and I ordered someone to fence a passage with a bamboo fence, which leads to a large open space where the chickens are raised, so that when stocking every day, only the door of each chicken pen needs to be opened, and these chickens can only go to the open space along the channel, which saves a lot of energy for the chicken farm.

The whole farm is enclosed by a solid stone wall, like a small castle. What puzzled Jiang Zhixuan was that in the past, when he entered the farm, he would always smell a strong smell. And now that I have come in again, I don't even have to wear the kind of mask that my wife "> invented. It was only after Uncle Jiang, a farmer on the farm, explained to him that it turned out that all the manure had been treated, so it was no wonder that this smell could be eliminated.

Looking at the more than ten hired workers on the farm performing their duties in a busy and orderly manner, Jiang Zhixuan admired his beloved wife even more in his heart, and he firmly believed in his heart that since his beloved wife could make this farm so prosperous, he would definitely make the Jiang family prosperous!

I secretly made up my mind that if I got a wife like this, what more could my husband ask for! Now there is no worries, I will fight him in the spring to fight him for a jinshi and the first, and earn back a life for his wife's "> to reward her for her hard work for this family......

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